"We would like to discourage those who are using this sensitive and emotive issue of land to divide us as South Africans by distorting our land reform measures to the global community, and spreading falsehoods that our "white farmers" are facing the onslaught from their own government".

A fringe group of the white minority claims land reform will inspire violent attacks, though experts say farm attacks reflect the country's generally high crime rate and are on the decline. Opponents say EWC is a threat to food security and the economy.

AgriSA president Dan Kriek echoed the minister's sentiments, telling News24 that "the message here from the land summit is that South Africans will solve our own problems".

"It is regrettable that the tweet is based on false information", Sisulu said, according to Reuters.

Officials from AfriForum welcomed Trump's tweet on Thursday, saying it would put pressure on South African authorities to act.

The state department continued to "encourage a peaceful and transparent public debate about what we consider to be a very important issue and South Africans certainly do as well".

And he said that South Africa would not make the same mistakes that other countries have made.

"We need to get worldwide support to put pressure on the South African government to hopefully make them re-visit their stance", he told AFP. In Zimbabwe we saw the government there squash civil society, shut down the media from doing their jobs and reporting and destroyed an independent judiciary.

The lack of a U.S. ambassador to South Africa was pointed out, to which she replied that all the relevant bodies were working hard and it was not something that happened overnight.

"First, land reforms have been proposed in parliament in South Africa, but not yet adopted". "You have caused enough problems in Africa", he told journalists.

"We must put it on record, unequivocally, that Donald "the pathological liar" Trump, we are not scared of you and your U.S. or Western imperialist forces", said Malema, the leader of the small but vocal Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party.

Trump's intervention could have a serious effect on trade relations between the US and Africa's second-largest economy.

"Everyone in South Africa should therefore hope that the pressure from the United States of America will lead to the ANC reconsidering the disastrous route that they want to take SA on", AfriForum's CEO, Kallie Kriel, said.

That tweet followed a Fox News report on land expropriation in South Africa.

Today, almost a quarter-century after the first democratic elections, black South Africans, who comprise 80 percent of the population, still own just 4 percent of the country's land, according to the government.

The US has "initiated successful denaturalisation proceedings" against 16 former Trawniki guards, according to the museum. He is the 68th Nazi to be removed from the United States, and was the Justice Department's final active case.

Should they fail to win either of these two matches then games against Watford, Wolves, and West Ham could be very hard indeed. "I can not see any other outcome than unfortunately Jose Mourinho will probably lose his job if it carries on like it is".

Thierry Henry has taken his first tentative steps into the world of management by accepting the position at Ligue 1 side Bordeaux. Poyet was suspended last Friday for a week after an angry outburst at club bosses over their transfer policy.

Navy was moving its ships and submarines out of Hawaii. "We're going to have probably more people than we expect usually". There are fears the extreme weather will trigger deadly flooding and landslides as the storm bears down on the islands.

West Nile Virus report in Monroe County
Raoult Ratard, Louisiana's state epidemiologist, as he repeated the state slogan for fighting the disease Wednesday. Statewide, the cases spiked during the last week, according to statistics from the Ohio Department of Health.

Singapore says Crazy Rich Asians author skipped service duty
All male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents are required to undergo national service for two years. He was liable to a fine of up to S$10,000 ($7,315) "and/or imprisonment of up to 3 years upon conviction", the ministry said.